Alabama school also drops game to NFC

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Mar. 16, 2013

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Dustin Tackett
| Democrat correspondent

Chiles High's Chipper Andzel had gone without a hit all night, but he decided to record his first in walk-off fashion to defeat visiting Hoover High, 9-8.

The Timberwolves entered the bottom of the seventh inning down 8-7, but after a rally to load the bases Kyle Taddeo's sacrifice fly drove in the tying run. Andzel then grounded a ball to the left side of the infield and beat the throw to first with a head-first slide to drive in the winning run.

"I'm just so proud of the energy my guys came out and played with tonight," Chiles coach Dick Steed said. "I've been waiting to see that from them all year, and ...